chris98251
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CPHawk":1gd84uaa said:chris98251":1gd84uaa said:jammerhawk":1gd84uaa said:Sherman was quick to adopt the LOB moniker, the name was the brainchild of one of the.net crew, to advance his franchise as one of the best CBs in the league. The boom came from the physical thumping of Chancellor and Browner but was swiped by Sherm to advance his franchise. Others tried to enter the group but Sherman was quick to restrict it to the original four of Chancellor, Browner, Thomas, and Sherman, but the 12s included the whole D into the LOB.
The name is the property of the 12th man and not that of Sherman, Thomas, Chancellor, or Browner, but clearly those four were special and deserve to be remembered as the founders of the LOB but so are Bennett, Avril, Mebane, Red Bryant, Chris Clemons, and especially Wagner, KJ Wright, Irvin, and every one of the RCBs that played after Browner was suspended for whichever substance was the latest. Of course some will argue the LOB is gone but of course it isn’t, a new group will be created to play tough D and the LO B will be renewed.
Perhaps some may think this post is not fair to Sherman, but the LOB is our name for our team’s D when it plays to it’s #1 standard. I think we will be happy to use the name again the LOB is far from gone.
Maybe so, but even with the Rams D line during the Fisher era nobody called them the Fearsom Foursome, or the current Vikings the Purple People Eaters.
Those are all names from the 70s, before most of us were born, and before any players were born. Why would anyone use them?
Because something that seems lost on the last couple of generations is History, where the game came from. The reason those names have not been resurrected is because either the unit wasn't as good or had no personality to represent it.
Mean Joe Green, Jack Lambert, Deacon Jones, Alan Page, Carl Eller, Richard Sherman, the Smurfs and later to include the TE's called the Fun Bunch, they were the reason this was instituted. There was a personality to these groups. Many fans would like to reclaim that period and the greatness that it stood represented for their teams.
Known for their choreographed group celebrations in the end zone (usually a group high-five) following a touchdown, the Fun Bunch's actions eventually resulted in a league-wide ban of "excessive celebration" in 1984.
But I guess going forward they will name groups the Ipods or Androids maybe even the Frappachinos, after all anyone not 35 and younger doesn't matter anyway according I guess to some people. Seems like the Baby Boomers are still the largest population generation, we all have not died yet and expect you all to keep paying for our Social security while we spend your inheritence selfishly.